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    gateway p 6831 cpu issue...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by scurvyjack, Jan 8, 2014.

  1. scurvyjack

    scurvyjack Newbie

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    So i bought a new cpu for my 6831 fx, a t9900.
    I put the cpu in and reconnect everything and when i hit the power button, nothing happens.
    I try this multiple times, until I re-insert my old processor, and everything works fine....
    what could be the issue here, or do I have a bad processor...
     
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Welcome to the forum!

    A defective or improperly seated CPU would be my guess.
     
    ajkula66, Jan 8, 2014
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  3. scurvyjack

    scurvyjack Newbie

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    after doing some research, would inserting the new cpu them resetting cmos be a good idea? as in pulling out the battery for 30 seconds?
     
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Personally, I don't think it will get you anywhere, but it won't hurt either.

    You've got nothing to lose.

    Good luck.
     
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  5. scurvyjack

    scurvyjack Newbie

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    yeah that didnt work either...could it be that im running windows 7 64 bit? and that I dont have the most up to date bios because all the most current bios are 32 bit?
     
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    What is your old cpu?
     
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  7. scurvyjack

    scurvyjack Newbie

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    intel c2d t5450
     
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    scurvyjack Newbie

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    and from what i understand with the 6831 fx is I can upgrade to any socket p processor.
     
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Not sure about the socket...

    See:
    ARK | Intel® Core


     
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    In my experience, an incompatible CPU will either:

    a) Allow the machine to start, but will not POST

    b) Fry the board altogether

    Since none of the above has happened to you, I'm presuming that the CPU is bad.

    However...

    Your current CPU is 667MHz Merom and you're attempting to install a 1066MHz Penryn. There's a slew of reasons why this could possibly not work, starting with BIOS support or lack thereof.

    Good luck.
     
    ajkula66, Jan 9, 2014
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    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here goes I think the T9900 is 1066 fsb and your P-6831FX is fsb 800 so that processor will not work unless you have the P-7811FX that is 1066 fsb will take the T9900 so you lost your money on a processor that is pin and power incompatible with your P-6831FX. If you would've posted sooner here I would've told you that the highest you could go was a T9300 or T9500 processor. I have a P-6860FX and I have a T9300 in there and it works and that is fsb 800. So unless your replacement processor is fsb 800 it won't work.
     
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    scurvyjack Newbie

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    damn it... would the x9000 work? its listed at 800 fsb and its a socket p?
     
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    It likely would. However...

    It is an expensive and hot-running CPU. It requires a *premium* cooling system.

    You'll be much better off with a T9300.

    Take it from someone who builds custom laptops using this generation of CPUs on weekly basis.

    Good luck.
     
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    scurvyjack Newbie

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    alright, ill do that sounds safer. thanks very much for the help guys!
     
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    yotano21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes a x9000 will work just perfectly. I had the same model laptop in the day. It was my first truly gaming laptop. I loved that laptop, the 8800m was able to overclock about 35% without any problems.
     
    yotano21, Jan 9, 2014
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